Afghanistan
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Bread & Roses: an 'extraordinarily courageous' documentary
The Week Recommends Sahra Mani's 'powerful' film examines the lives of three Afghan women under the Taliban
By The Week UK Published
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Has the Taliban banned women from speaking?
Today's Big Question 'Rambling' message about 'bizarre' restriction joins series of recent decrees that amount to silencing of Afghanistan's women
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Why has the Taliban banned pictures of living things?
Under The Radar 'Virtue' ministry says banned images are contrary to sharia law
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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How might the GOP's Afghanistan report impact the presidential race?
Today's Big Question House Republicans are blaming the Biden administration, but the White House is pushing back
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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'How long can TikTok dominate as a social network?'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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The 10 most dangerous countries in the world
In Depth Yemen takes bottom spot in the Global Peace Index, as conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine put world on track for highest death toll since 1994
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Last updated
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Taliban's quest for tourists to see the wonders of Afghanistan
Under The Radar Troubled country wants to become a 'tourism powerhouse' – but how safe is it?
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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'The anti-abortion movement's religious worship of the union of egg and sperm'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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The Taliban's ongoing attack on women's rights
In depth The group has sparked humanitarian concerns
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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'Relying on unelected justices to read rights into the Constitution is dangerous business'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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'An unbreakable plurality of the GOP explicitly wants fascism'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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Afghanistan has a growing female suicide problem
Speed Read The Taliban has steadily whittled away women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan over the past 2 years, prompting a surge in depression and suicide
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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What daily life in Afghanistan looks like after two years under the Taliban
In Pictures The rights of women have been severely impeded as the war-torn nation’s ‘slide into poverty’ continues
By Julia O'Driscoll Published
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How the global drugs trade is changing
feature ‘Increasingly agile trafficking networks’ are behind 23% rise in global drug users, UN report finds
By The Week Staff Published
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